Philo Judaeus De Opificio Mundi 87

ed. Leopold Cohn

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[87] ποσὶν ἀνύτει τὸν δρόμον. 29 πολλὰ δ’ ἂν ἔχοι τις λέγειν ἕτερα
βουλόμενος ἀπομηκύνειν εἰς ἔνδειξιν τοῦ μηδὲν ἀπελευθεριάζειν ὑπεξῃρημένον τῆς ἀνθρώπου ἡγεμονίας· δείγματος δ’ ἕνεκα καὶ τὰ ῥηθέντα ἀρκεῖ. χρὴ μέντοι μηδ’ ἐκεῖνο ἀγνοεῖν ὅτι οὐ παρ’ ὅσον ὕστατον γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος διὰ τὴν τάξιν ἠλάττωται.

De Opificio Mundi. Philo Judaeus. ed. Leopold Cohn. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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De Opificio Mundi (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera que supersunt, Volume 1. Cohn, Leonard, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1896.)

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On the Creation of the World First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 87 focus

And any one who was inclined to dwell upon this subject might bring forward a great many other instances, to prove that there is no animal in the enjoyment of perfect liberty, and exempt from the dominion of man; but what has been already said is sufficient by way of example. We ought, however, not to be ignorant of this also, that it is no proof because man was the last created animal that he is the lowest in rank, and charioteers and pilots are witnesses of this;

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